AWHONN's Perinatal Nursing, 5th Edition.

AWHONN's Perinatal Nursing, 5th Edition. by Kathleen Rice Simpson, Patricia A. Creehan

This is NOT a book! (1934 Pages)
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"The goal of the book is to provide useful clinical information to practicing perinatal nurses. A perinatal nurse assist women during their pregnancy educating about childbirth techniques, prenatal health, and what to expect throughout their pregnancy as well as how to bond and care for their baby after birth.
Perinatal Nursing provides up-to-date information on best practices, standards, guidelines, etc. It is a comprehensive text for the standard of care"--
Leave the self-doubt behind — get fully grounded in effective perinatal care, with Perinatal Nursing, 5th Edition, an official publication of the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN).
This freshly updated, comprehensive resource offers expert guidelines and best practices for the full range of patient care issues, from cultural practices and pregnancy complications to newborn assessments and nutrition.
Stay current with this must-have, evidence-based support for both perinatal and labor and delivery nursing.
Strengthen and upgrade your perinatal nursing strengths and expertise:
NEW and expanded content on pregnancy complications – Bleeding in pregnancy, preterm labor and birth, diabetes, cardiac disease, pulmonary complications, multiple gestation, obesity and more
NEW content on newborn nutrition – The infant feeding decision, breastfeeding benefits, nutritional components, and preterm milk and lactation
NEW and updated content on patient safety and maternal morbidity and mortality in the United States – Instructions on how to make maternity units safer based on the most current evidence, and through application of various care bundles
Evidence-based information on clinical conditions – Includes chapter on obesity that covers risks to the mother and fetus, care from preconception to postpartum, and bariatric surgery
Text boxes emphasize crucial care standards and guidelines
Practical guidance and current best practices for areas including:
Perinatal patient safety and quality care
Integrating patient cultural beliefs and practices into perinatal care
Physiologic changes of pregnancy
Antenatal care
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
Pregnancy complications
Multiple gestation
Maternal-fetal transport
Labor and birth
Fetal assessment
Managing pain during labor
Postpartum care
Newborn care – Adaptation to extrauterine life, physical assessment and nutrition
Common neonatal complications
All chapters written by expert nurse clinicians and researchers to support positive perinatal outcomes
Nursing staffing standards are included as they apply to each patient population
Ideal for those seeking certification in obstetrics nursing (RNC-OB) and maternal newborn nursing (RN-MNN, RNC-LRN)